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Sunday, December 4, 2011

ECB Lines Up €1 Trillion Rescue for Italy/ Eurozone

ECB's Mid-Line Printer

The Sunday Times reported today that new Italian PM and Bilderberg member Mario Draghi is nearing a deal this weekend with the ECB for a €1 trillion central back purchase of Italian bonds. €1 trillion should buy Europe another few weeks until its time to break out the Binford Ultra 8,000 model.

A €1 trillion cash injection for the troubled eurozone economy is being prepared by the European Central Bank ahead of a series of key crisis summits this week.
Mario Draghi, the new president of the ECB, is said to be working on a plan this weekend which would pave the way for a colossal market intervention in European sovereign bonds.
The plan would only be executed if Europe’s leaders reach agreement on a broader political reform of the currency bloc — imposing strict budget controls on nations struggling to control their state finances.
Angela Merkel, the German chancellor, and Nicolas Sarkozy, the French president, are due to meet in Paris tomorrow ahead of a European Union summit in Brussels on Friday.
Details of an expanded role for the ECB in controlling the crisis could be unveiled at its rate-setting meeting on Thursday.
It is understood that the ECB is willing to more than double its existing bond-buying efforts if it is protected from any possible losses. A plan has been discussed that would see Europe’s bailout fund, the European Financial Stability Facility, insure the central bank against losses from the bonds.
Some of the cash could come from the International Monetary Fund (IMF), which is said to be willing to provide about €200 billion (£170 billion) to help resolve the crisis.
The ECB’s role would be restricted to stabilising prices in Europe’s bond markets — preventing the yields on Spanish or Italian debt from spiralling out of control.
The intervention would be presented as a stop-gap measure to ease market pressures while the eurozone transitions towards closer fiscal union.
Although Merkel has previously resisted an increased role for the ECB, she is said to be willing to accept a ramped-up bond-buying programme on these terms.Read more:

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